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In Steelers proposal to Bell at the end of 19 season he would’ve pocketed 33M. In deal he got he will be at 14.5. Behind by almost $20M. This may be the worst contract decision we have ever seen a player make, and it should’ve been obvious to him and his agent.

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​​After turning down a five-year, $70 million offer from the Steelers in 2018 and then missing out on $14.5 million in 2018 franchise-tag salary, Bell signed a four-year, $52.5 million deal with the New York Jets on Wednesday.

That's less money per year than Devin Funchess will make in 2019 ($13 million) under his new deal with the Colts.

In the Steelers offer, Bell would have been paid $33 million over the first two seasons of his contract. As Joe Banner pointed out, in his new contract with the Jets, he'll have been paid $14.5 million by the end of the 2019 season.
​​While many fans on Twitter defended Bell's actions, saying he wasn't guaranteed enough money by the Steelers, his new deal with the Jets has $35 million guaranteed while the Steelers offer reportedly had $33 million in guarantees.

So he sat out a season and missed out on $14.5 million and only has an extra $2 million in guarantees to show for it.
Financially speaking, this is arguably one of the biggest mistakes we've seen out of a player (and his agent). While he could have suffered a catastrophic injury and lost the rest of his career last season, Bell's market value in free agency shows the Steelers offered a fair contract to him last year

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